Arctic applier and remover



March 6, 1928. 1,661,205

C. R. WAGNER ET AL ARCTIC APPLIER AND REMOVER Filed Sept. 29, 1927 4mmArPLI RinNn nniuovnit.

" Application .fii a se tember zs;1927. s ri-(if m.- j222;71s. l

Our invention relates more'particularlyto devices for use 1n- CODDGOtIOH 'w1th;arct1cs,'

overshoes, and; the like which are worn by persons who wear shoes whichare provided,

with rubber heels.

It is well known that and rubber' I compounds ofler' an extremely'hi'ghfrictional resistance to movement against asur face such as thatpresented by .the inside of an arctic or overshoe, and that itis' ve1'y'ditficult to insert theshoe which isequipp ed I with rubber heels intoan overshoe qandfiin. order to facilitate the insertion and removal ofthe shoe from the .overshoe we provide a member which at least-partlyencloses'that part of a rubber heel which comesincontact with theovershoe, and moves with the I V 7 heel during theinsertionor removalof-the shoe, and so our invention is'directed in part to a frictionreducing member such as above "material which .will offer acomparatively indicated." Our invention preventing the loss or:misplacing'of the friction reducing member, thesemeans con;

sisting of a-;flexible member which is :at

tachedto the overshoe' and to whichfthe "friction reducing member isattached; the flexible member also serving as a means {to assist in theremoval of th i h the overshoe. r

The novelty ofour invention will be herea inafter more fully set forthandispecifically pointed outin the claims- In the accompanying drawing;Figkl-is a;

of a device embodymg'ourperspective view 1n'vent1on. V

Fig. 2 is a broken sectional view of ashoe and anovershoe showing theuse of our device in connection therewith. V The same numerals ofreference'are to indicate identical parts in 'bothifig'uresh ,Asillustrating" one 'form of device em bodying our invention thoughwithout'ilimit ing ourselves t0"tl1e-preSQI1t dQtallS.QfICOD structionor arrangement of parts shown or 7 described, but availingv ourselves ofall changes and modificationswhich E-may be;

made and which fall-withinthe scope of the appended; claims, we have 1shown a device is also directed -to means for used as are, a part of theshoe-being"represented it at 7 ,the latterbeingiprovided with aihe 'el 8which in turn carries a rubber heel or riser 9, T '60 "lVhenit desiredto insert the shoe intoxthe I overshoe or arctic, the tape" orfleXible;mem'

- .The operation of the device is aswfollows.

her 4 is used-to raise the guard 3 outof the" overshoe, after whichthefguardis placed," f;

incontact witlrtlie rear lower edge-of. the

rubber heel,1--the fiexiblel nemberortape 4);, Y I

acting as ameans to hold the guardin place j while theshoe'isbeinginserted in the over.-

shoe; The guard is 11'nade' of a Ymaterial such as pressed metal or anyother suitable slightpresistanceto its movement against'the rearportionof'the overshoe while the heel. 1 r is traveling downward. into.position. The guard remains between the. heel of the shoe and the-lowerinside'portion of the ovei'shoe I -iBy attaching the guard to-the tape Ias shown. in F ig:,2, 'and when it is. desired to remove theshoe fromthe overshoe, the'flexi- 1 1 ble member is employed to hold the-guardagains'tlthe heel during the I'GIIIOVlIIgfOPGIF b v attaching the.tape-to the overshoe,' there .is no danger of losing the guards when the;oversh'oe"1s not in service.

The guards sh'ould be made withlrounded" edges so not." to injure theheeror anyother portion of the shoe orthe overshoe. I

}Having'thus fully described our invention,

ave claim i' v I tic i'applier and remover" the combination o'faheel'eguard' adapted toibe placedi onithe heelof a shoe ,iand afflexible1 memberi attached to the guard andf passing to the'upperiportion of anarctic.

-; 2. In an arctic applier and remover-j combinationofianlarctic, 1afiexibleinember 7 'attachedjoxthe upper rear portion} of the comprisingessentially two .members, 'the 'arcticyiand a guard attached totheflexible a member and adapted to be placed over the upper rearportion of the arctic and beingof heel of a shoe. suflieient length toextend from the guard to 3; In an arctic applier and remover the theupper rear portion of the arctic when the 10 combination of anarctie,aguard to be'placed guard is in the heel portion of the arctic; 5 overthe heel of a shoe and to be located in I Y the heel portion ofan'arctie, and a flexible CARL R. WAGNER.

7 'member connected'to theguardf and to the CLYDE RUBOT'I O MQI

